This Thursday, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra raised the possibility of imposing a sewage treatment fee on Bangkok residents in order to help cover the city’s ballooning wastewater treatment costs.
At present, a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) committee is exploring the feasibility of leveraging such a charge.
The fee structure that Sukhumbhand proposed involves charging city residents based on the volume of water they use. The Governor claimed that by using this method, the new fee would avoid overburdening the city’s disadvantaged residents.
The Bangkok Post reports that while announcing the need for more revenue to deal with the city’s wastewater problem, city officials also mentioned that the 2013 flood prevention plan was proceeding apace.
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